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Poem
September 22, 1801
The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
A lyrical poem exploring where happiness dwells: in sensibility and sympathy, virtue and good nature in women, confident friendship, and the bonds of wedded love and family.
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WHERE DWELLS HAPPINESS.
THERE the its power of sensibility
Rules and directs the heart.
Where the kind effusions of sweet Sympathy
Seek consolation to impart.
There dwells happiness.
Where virtue, men and elegance combine,
And sweet good nature adds her charm,
Where all these do in lovely woman join,
Life's boisterous sea to render calm--
There dwells happiness.
Where confidence, void of distrust's control.
With gen'rous friendship glows ;
And from the host, the purpose of the soul,
In converse sweetly flows--
There dwells happiness.
Where in the gentle bonds of wedded love
The husband, wife and parent blend ;
In union blest, superior bliss to prove !
Resolving all in one dear word—a Friend—
There dwells happiness.
THERE the its power of sensibility
Rules and directs the heart.
Where the kind effusions of sweet Sympathy
Seek consolation to impart.
There dwells happiness.
Where virtue, men and elegance combine,
And sweet good nature adds her charm,
Where all these do in lovely woman join,
Life's boisterous sea to render calm--
There dwells happiness.
Where confidence, void of distrust's control.
With gen'rous friendship glows ;
And from the host, the purpose of the soul,
In converse sweetly flows--
There dwells happiness.
Where in the gentle bonds of wedded love
The husband, wife and parent blend ;
In union blest, superior bliss to prove !
Resolving all in one dear word—a Friend—
There dwells happiness.
What sub-type of article is it?
Ode
What themes does it cover?
Friendship
Marriage Celebration
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Happiness
Sympathy
Virtue
Friendship
Wedded Love
Family Bonds
Poem Details
Title
Where Dwells Happiness.
Form / Style
Rhymed Quatrains
Key Lines
There Dwells Happiness.
Where Virtue, Men And Elegance Combine,
And Sweet Good Nature Adds Her Charm,
Where In The Gentle Bonds Of Wedded Love
The Husband, Wife And Parent Blend ;
Resolving All In One Dear Word—A Friend—